Reading the shelf…
Target is a discount independent running 6 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
LUNA Craft Beverages offers CURENT, a line of naturally flavored hydration and recovery drinks designed to support active lifestyles.
Luna isn’t on Target’s shelf yet in any of its 6 stores. The opening: 2 categories where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with Nutz Over Chocolate Flavor Gluten Free Snack Bar in Other Snack Bars.
Target stocks other snack bars thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 8 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is other snack bars: Target stocks only 7 there, so Luna Nutz Over Chocolate Flavor Gluten Free Snack Bar stands out rather than blending in.
Target merchandises 3 of the 3 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic against the store's assortment lean.
an established national brand with proven demand.
enters a thin other snack bars shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Luna plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at Target. Depth is the distinct SKUs the store carries there versus the fleet median, shown next to the rival brands already on that shelf.
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
Luna’s SKUs Target doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Presence and depth are measured from Target’s current Bay Area storefront: its online catalog plus our shelf photos, a partial view. A widely-distributed brand shown as a new door may already be carried through channels we don’t index. Target profile →
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.